How do both "nothing changed" and "An old Woman" describe personal expierence and describe poverty in two different cultures
...ard was there to stop blacks from coming in. On line twenty five this is were the writer is telling us the relationship between both blacks and whites and is referring back to the title. “No sign says it is, but we know were we belong”. The writer is saying that is there is no sign to separate white people from black people but they know were they belong and that racism still exists. On stanza five the writer is describing the environment of black people “working mans café” this would probably be were he use to go to go as a child and returned to see if it has changed. His feelings in this part show sadness because he looks at how whites live and how blacks live and says “nothings changed which refers back to the title. On the last stanza I think he is telling us how he feels and the relationship between him and the white community “bombs and stones, dust shivers, nothings changed” this is looking back to his childhood and his feelings turn from shame to anger. He feels anger because after years of trying to make two cultures unite as one he revisits and sees that “nothing has changed” By learning what this poem is saying. The relationship between people in this poem after thirty or forty year’s later people are still judging the way you should live because of the colour your skin. I can understand why the writer is feeling angry in this poem because he revisits and sees both environments and looks back and sees that nothing has changed. The poem “an old woman” has come from India. This poem is about poverty in the country. This poem is about a woman who is begging for money and is trying to persuade a man to give her some money. The first stanza is telling the reader that the man doesn’t want her to be around him “an old women grabs hold of your sleeve and tags along”. On the second stanza she is trying to bribe him so if he gives her money she will bring him good luck, “she says she will take him to the horse shoe shrine” this show that the country is quite religious. On the third stanza it is telling us that the man doesn’t like beggars and wants her to go away. “she hobbles along anyway and tightens her grip on your shirt”. Also on third stanza he is stereo typing and referring to the reader “you know how old women are” This line is also telling us the relationship between young people and old people, even though there is no racial anger in this, there is still stereo typing and the person is judging the way the old women looks.. In the fifth stanza the man wants her to go away and want her to stop pretending “you want end this farce”. On stanza six the writer is talking about what the woman is saying. She is telling the man there is nothing else she cha but beg, she is help less. On the seventh stanza the writer is using a metaphor “bullet holes” this is used as eyes that the person can see straight through her and thinks he k...